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University of Arizona students propose 4‑mile, 300‑tree corridor for Rio Rico; county to provide $150,000 match
Summary
A University of Arizona professor and senior landscape‑architecture students presented a master plan to plant roughly 300 drought‑tolerant trees along a 4‑mile stretch of West Frontage Road in Rio Rico to mitigate heat, stabilize soils and improve walkability; county staff committed $150,000 in‑kind for watering and maintenance.
Bo Yang, professor in the School of Advanced Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona, and 12 landscape architecture students presented a student‑led plan to plant about 300 trees along a four‑mile stretch of West Frontage Road from Canyon Drive to the Garrett Shopping Plaza.
"We are planning to plant about 300 trees," Bo Yang said, describing goals to mitigate urban heat, control erosion, conserve water and beautify the corridor. Four student teams detailed site analysis, planting…
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